On July 1st, 2005, knowing my future budget will become restricted, and experiencing a lack of time to properly listen to every album that comes my way, i'm reducing my music budget by 10% (every two weeks) and limiting the number of albums bought/downloaded per budget period from the current average of 10-11 down to 6-7.
It's a sad day. Every year from graduating high school i invariably have been increasing my music budget & inflow of music, but i believe i have peaked on this trend in 2004 and now will slowly trend downwards. At the same time, it's not a thoroughly sad day, as i'll be able to devote more time to those albums i do buy/dl, as well as past favorites.
i know this is a struggle many of you have experienced yourselves, and continue to contemplate today, so i thought i'd share my personal story of triumph and defeat on this topic. Defeat, in that i'm a greedy gretchen when wanting to hear new music (to my ears, beit new or old stuff). Triumph, in that i've been able to confront this subject to my current satisfaction, and triumph in being able to more focus and listen to those albums that do tune my way. (i'll also slow down max'ing out my 250gig music hd and cut backup cd-r & dvd-r expenses.)
Someone once said, "it's better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all". Another once said, "dat shit's gonna tears you apart". My feelings rest somewhere in between. i now return you to your regularly-scheduled music broadcast, hopefully still in progress.
